How to fix image freeze when recording video in Cheese app (Ubuntu/RHEL virtual machines)

When using the Cheese app inside the Ubuntu Virtual Machine(VM), the following may occur:

• Image freezes
• recording stops when recording a video

The main cause is the webcam malfunctioning issues in the latest version of Cheese 44.1-1 from Ubuntu Distribution.

Slow recording

Image freeze and stops

Resolution

Remove the currently installed Cheese application by following the steps below:

1. Launch your Linux virtual machine > Open the Terminal app inside the guest and execute the command below:

     sudo apt remove cheese

2. Then execute the next terminal command below one by one:

     sudo apt install flatpak  

3.  Reboot the virtual machine and execute the command below:

     flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.Cheese.flatpakref 

     flatpak run org.gnome.Cheese